Posted on 05/21/2018 9:09:00 AM PDT by rktman
Money, violence, indiscretion: the motivation for any person who wants to disappear, either physically or digitally, usually wends back to one of these. Whatever the reason and whatever the scale of the ambition – from starting a new life in a foreign country to scrubbing one’s name and address from the phonebook – it has never been harder to vanish. In a world where almost any action outside your garden shed leaves some kind of digital footprint, there is no clear path back to the realm of the unknown.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Quick guide How to keep a low online profile
1 Google yourself
Carry out a self-styled “before” audit to see what’s out there. Search for yourself with all name variations, email addresses and residential addresses. You could be shocked by what you find.
2 Delete online accounts
All active accounts must be deleted – not deactivated – if you want to use the internet untraceably. Facebook, Amazon, eBay, Netflix, Tinder: they all have to go. It can be difficult to remember every site you have signed up for, so look in your email inbox for newsletters. Unsubscribe and ask to be removed from their data list; the new GDPR update on 25 May 2018 means that sites are legally obliged to do this on request.
3 Contact data brokers
It’s highly likely that personal data such as home address, email and even your date of birth is being publicly shared online by so-called data broker websites, such as 192.com. Ask for this information to be removed directly from the site, and they should comply.
4 Ask to be forgotten
If you’ve posted on web forums, you can ask the webmasters to remove your posting. If they prove unresponsive, and data brokers or social media companies fail to remove your information on request, then exercise the “right to be forgotten” by a direct request to Google (search for legal removal request).
5 Create a smoke screen
Unfortunately, once removed does not mean for ever removed on the internet. You should actively audit yourself every six months and some of the steps may have to be repeated. And if you can’t quite make all the necessary sacrifices, consider setting up a false email address with inaccurate data, amending personal details such as age, sex, name and location.
BFL
FReepers are a known quantity in the fbi logs. ;-) Bunch of dang subversives if I’ve ever seen one.
LOL.
“Start posting Conservative news on Facebook. It will be taken care of.!”
Bingo! Best BOL of the morning!
Your five steps were helpful and concise. The author of the article seemed to be writing a first person novel. Tons of peripheral data. I only skimmed it.
Excellent.
I've never been to Facebook...never will.
So...I make descent an wholesome posts and comments everywhere.
That’s why I posted the 5 preliminary steps. ;-)
But then you wind up on the Progressive's "Proscription List". All dictatorial powers have them.
Yeah, good luck with that. The EU's "GDPR update" will no doubt be as effective as America's spectacularly successful National Do Not Call List regulation.
Don’t use your real name when posting on the internet.
Why attempt to “disappear”? However they come, they must “resisted”.
Abine.com’s DeleteMe is the simplest way to ensure your personal data is regularly purged from the multitude of data brokers.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/remove-delete-yourself-from-the-internet/
BFL
It’s a start, but if your spouse or relatives have big mouths, your name is still going to show up.
And you always have to worry about the “official” databases. The Census. Property transfers. Tax rolls. Driver’s license/car tags. If you’ve ever gotten a speeding ticket. If you’ve ever bought a registered firearm. Own any stocks or bonds? Ever paid your taxes online? Registered at a hotel or for an airline flight?
If someone wants to track you down, they can do it.
I’ve been relatively lucky so far without using offshore accounts and false fronts. LOL!
Solution for internet privacy and safety is very simple, works fast and costs around $50, ONE TIME COST. This solution eliminates slowing down your computer with constantly running anti-virus programs. I have been using this method since 1997 and have had zero problems with viruses, malware and all other dark side threats.
bfl
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